Voting booth



(No Model.)

A..` W. AELSNEBJl FOLDING VGT-ING BOOTH.

No. 442,664'. Patented'Dec. 16,A l1890.

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ADOLPH IV. ELSNER, OF JEFFERSON OITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE EIASNERS PATENT FOLDING VOTING BOOTH COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FOLDING VOTING-BOOTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,664, dated December 16, 1890.

Application iiled March 18, 1890. Serial No. 344,317. (No model.)

T all whom, it may concern: ings byletters of reference, Amar-ks the back,

Be it known that I, ADOLPH IV. ELSNER, a B O the permanent sides, D E the movable citizen of the United States, residing at Jefsides, or, as for convenience, I denominate ferson City, in the countyof Cole and State of them the doors, and F is the Hoor. These Missouri, have invented certain new and useare the main parts of the structure, and are 55 ful Improvements in Folding Voting-Booths; composed of ordinary lumber, such as floorand I do declare the following to be a full, ing or planks, as may suit the builder, the clear, and exact description of the invention, pieces thereof being secured and held tosuch as will enable others skilled in the art to gether by cross-pieces,which, for convenience,

Io which it appertains to make and use the same, I call battens. 60

reference being had to the accompanying G is the writing table or desk. drawings, and to the letters and figures of Theplankingforming the backAis secured reference marked thereon,which form a part by battens ct b, the batten d being across the of this specification. top and the batteri h across the bottom. The

My invention relates to booths or portable sides B C are nailed or otherwise rigidly se- 65 houses to be used for votingpurposes in places cured at each edge of the back. The doors where the Australian or other similar votin g D E are hinged at CZ e to the sides B C, and systems are used. In such systems a small have hinged to them at'cl c wings D E,the apartment or series thereof are provided in doors D E being hinged to fold inward and zo which the voter may privately prepare his the wings DE to fold outward. These doors 7o ballot ready to deliver to the ballot-box or to and wings are made of planking secured toa properly authorized officer, and inasmuch vgether and sti'ened by battens l 2 3 4C 5 6, as the accommodations necessary for this puras shown. pose are such that they are generally of no The floor F, which is composed of planking z5 use for other purposes it is not deemed advissecured and braced by battens f', is hinged 75 able in many instances to fit up abuilding or to the back A by hinges f, as shown. room except with removable ixtures. For The shelf or desk G consists of a board this reason a portable and collapsible structhinged at g to the back at a proper height to ure with the necessary accommodation for write upon. Y

3o voting purposes has become desirable, and to When the booth is to be used out of doors, So furnish such a structure is the object of my a roof I-I is necessary, which is shown in Fig. invention. et, and is secured removably to the top of the IVith this object in view my invention conback by suitable hinges, or they may be hooks, sists in the improved construction, arrange` as at h 7L. The sides B C are suiicientlywide ment, and combination of parts, hereinafter from front. to rear to bring the hinges of the 85 fully described, and afterward specifically doors D E far enough away from the back to pointed out in the appended claims. permit proper folding, and the battens of the In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is back, doors, and floor are so placed that they a view in front elevation of my invention,the will not interfere with each other in folding.

4o booth being set up in position for use without My improved booth being in position for 9o aroof. Fig. f2 is a top plan View thereof, the use, as in Fig. l, the desk G will be secured upper battens of the back and doors being to the doors D E by hooks I .I the ends of the omitted. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the desk resting on the battens 2 and 4 on said, booth folded. Fig. at is a vertical section of doors. The floor F will be secured to wings the upper part of the booth with a roof in D E by hooks L M, the ends of the floor 95 place, looking' to the right in Fig. l. resting upon battens 3 and G.

Like letters and figures of reference mark Then desired for use, the roof will rest on the same parts wherever they occur in the va top of the structure, as described. rious figures of the drawings. To fold the booth for storage or transporta- 5o Referring more particularly to the drawtion,the desk and door hooks are unfastcned ICO and the desk and floor folded up against tho back, the floor-battens being on the outside and the floor lying close against the back iu the same vertical plane as the desk, but below it. The wings D and E are folded outward until they lie close against the outside of doors D E,when these doors arefolded inward against the folded door and desk in the position shown in Fig. 3, and the whole is secured in its folded position by any suitable means, occupying less than one-sixth of the space required when open.

Having thus fully described my invention, -What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, isv 1.V A folding booth consisting of a back having sides rigidly secured thereto, doors hinged to said sides to fold inward, a floor hinged to said back to fold upward against it, and a desk hinged to fold against said back, as set forth. v

2. A folding booth consisting of a back having sides rigidly secured thereto, doors hinged to said sides to fold inward, wings hinged to said doors to fold outward, a floor hinged to said back to fold upward against it, and a desk hinged to fold against said back, as set forth.

3. A folding booth consisting of a back having sides rigidly secured thereto, doors hinged to said sides to fold inwarda floor hinged to said back to fold upward against it, and a desk hinged to fold against said back, and a roof removably hinged to said back, as set forth.

4. A folding booth provided with a back having sides rigidly secured thereto, doors hinged to said sides to fold inward and provided with battens 2 3 and 5 6, a floor hinged to said back to fold against it, a desk hinged to said back to fold against it, said floor resting upon battens 3 and 6 and said desk upon battens 2 and 4t when in position for use, and fastening devices for securing said floor and desk in such positions, as set forth.

5. In combination, the back having battens o, b, the sides secured to the back, the doors D E, hinged to the sides and having battens l 2 3 4f 5 6, the floor hinged to the back and having battensff, and the desk G, hinged to the back, the desk and iloor and the battens of the back, Hoor, and doors being arranged in position so that they Will not interfere with each other in folding, as set forth.

In testimony WhereofI aflix my sgnatu re in presence of two Witnesses.

ADGLPII W'. ELSNER. lVitnesses:

LOGAN B. CHAPPELL, W. A. DALLMEYER. 

